Mother and child health in Africa: the role of health education

Research and practical experience clearly indicate that most mother and child health problems in Africa are preventable. Most are associated with poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation, ignorance, poverty, and inadequacy or nonutilization of available health services. Improved health pla...

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Published inIsrael journal of medical sciences Vol. 13; no. 5; p. 508
Main Authors Ademuwagun, Z A, Oduntan, S O, Familusi, J B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Israel 01.05.1977
Subjects
Africa
Child
Child Health Services
Child, Preschool
Educational Status
Environment
Female
Health Education
Humans
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Health Services
Maternal Mortality
Morbidity
Pregnancy
Africa
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Summary:Research and practical experience clearly indicate that most mother and child health problems in Africa are preventable. Most are associated with poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation, ignorance, poverty, and inadequacy or nonutilization of available health services. Improved health planning can either alleviate or totally abolish many of these problems. Health education is an integral part of mother and child health and other medical care programs. Because the reaction of the individual to medical intervention is largely determined by the sociocultural and community environment, health education should not be directed towards the health-deficient target population alone, but towards the community as a whole.
ISSN:0021-2180